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13 ON NE T' S SILS S a 1: i r ON.—Every Article of com merce takes ~ its title either from the inventor or -nanufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which atta ales to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS ar 'e sal dto be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the i alb icy of such an assertion is ex poscd by the very trade ma et; of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY of Regent-street. The following interwov en mark may be seen at the end pf each piece :—" Manutact are de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it Lyon Injurieux." Wear gi taranteed. TaE MODERN A UGUSTUS, or The Lie of a Lifetime, in FM 1 This Week.—One Penny. ROYAL EN .GLISH OPERA, COVE.NI . -GARDEN. Under the Itariaizemeni of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. V.. Harrison. THIS EVENING, to cols mence with (10th time) an en tirely new Operetta, entit'ed FA.NCHETTE. Miss Louisa ryne and , :tr. W. Harrison. After which, a Grand Chris tmas Pantomime, on a s.)ale of unprecedented ma,,nifieence, ntitled HA _LI.EQUIN ST. GEO R GE AND THE DRAGON. D9ors open at half-pas t -ommence at Seven. TFRE ROY kL I) U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. .7;hatterton. THIS EVENING, the I 'erformances will commence with the Ntw Serio-Comic Draw a, by Edmund Falconer, entitled .I.I!.GHT AND MORN. F rincipal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryd ar, Raynor, Filzjames, and Misses li. Leclercq, Atainson, an 3 Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINI3AD TUE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of. the World.. Clowns, alessrs. H. Bolen° and C. I.auri ; Harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons. Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and 31:Lsses Gunniss. Prices as us aal. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEA , 7. , N10 (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated very Evenin g during the Week. T HIS EVE:SING, the performance will commence with a New and Ori“inal Farce, entitled TIIE LOST CHIL ll et D: M es srs. IL Wi ddicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Co t, Messrs. Moreland ; NJ saes Percy, Pauline LeJlercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. L avenu. Iter which., at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love eot f, in Twl lye Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chmnicle -," lby Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac , 17 I y Mr. IN chter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, :I`i,soughNm, mery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, c , ...rlett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee, and Miss Elswor The Public. are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills. or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and at the atter tdants in all parts of the house are forbidden to Oceive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. /11HEATTE ROYAL HAY NIARKET. — Sol e Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EV ENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Bu ekstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Guile 'ford, &c ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hi 11, &c After whi , 111, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Roun LI Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton. Braid, Clark, Roge re, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Tel ry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE- S c le Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining,. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After whilch, HARLEQIJIA LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fii le Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do. THEATRE-RC) AL, ADELPHI.-- dole Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster. THIS E VENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD AltE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, t to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supparLed by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stiart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billin; To c,neluide with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunlo and his Sevt n I,en. Alessrs. J. Garke, it. Phillips, Stephenson. ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Jose,hs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. EA. H.-EVER Y NIGHT. 1114 ISS :BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tnis EVENING, the 90th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA l'E NIA: q, in the character of LEAH. In c_msequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of Cle principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attenied. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ItOYAI ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MAT HEws.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phell s, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1833; or, the Sensations of the Past Season, until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Tale, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling. _Mrs, Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Matthews. THIS lIITENING. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTUKES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBER; and 18M; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanhorow, , h. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carson. Atter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURY OWE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, Jstmes Fenton, 3lesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HI3I our. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," . Containing - the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, zati Ix had Every Evening, of G. R. GLP.NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. lIIGi WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DA.Y.—Morsing, oh. 40m.—Afternoon, 6'a. 3m, l'o-voßEow.-Morning, Gb.. 25m.—Afternoon, 6h. 43m The Weather—Sun Office, ;Can. 14, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 42 __ __ Barometer-30.32. Wind—N..E.; moderate, and hazy. f._' l llkA SUM LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1864. The Moniteur is M. TRIERS' justification. That is—if he needs justification. Such, however, we our selves do not conceive to have become in any way necessary. And, if for no other reason, for this— that his Majesty the EMPEROR was himself the one to take the initiative in the revival of the agitation of the grand constitutional question of Reform. NAPOLEON 111, and no other than NAPOLEON 111. took the initiative thus—tt is only fair to remember it—quite spontaneously. He voluntarily—in obedi ence to no pressure from without—of his own free will—of course in the interests of his dynasty, but from whatever motive, we repeat, it was the French EMPEROR himself who quite spontaneously revived, about a year ago, in the stagnant political atmo sphere which Frenchmen had been doomed, until then, to breathe ever since the date of the coup d'etat, the first refreshing gusts of returning Freedom. That Freedom of some kind has already, indeed, returned to France at the bidding of the EM PEROR, ie proved by a variety of facts, facts visible on all hands, facts beyond the reach of con tradiction. Why, it is, for that matter, proved to absolute demonstration by the very speech just now deliVered from the Legislative tribune b y M. TRIERS, as the mouthpiece of the Op position. That noble and, in many respects, dauntless oration is demonstrative of itself that freedom of discussion to no inconsiderable ex tent has, even now, been assured to France, by the will, at the instance, in compliance with the personal suggestion, of the despotic ruler who holds, the while, within his single grasp, within the vigorous and delicate grasp, of his strong right hand, the whole of the accumulated reins of the Imperial Government. Thanks to his common, sense regard for his own dynastic interests, if for no other loftier or less selfish reason, Franca is already tasting the reinvigorating sweets of return in g Liberty of various kinds. Liberty of Represen tation—proved by the result of the elections, more especially by the return of the Opposition candi dates throughout the arrondissements of Paris, without one solitary exception I Liberty of Speech— proved by this very Oration of M. TRIERS, an oration delivered by him even from the tribune of the Corps Legislatif, under the Presidency of a high official as imperially fastidious as M. Le Due DE MORNY ! Freedom of the Press—ex. gr. the verbatim rpport of that bold, manly, thoroughly outspoken harangue of M. TRIERS, as given, ipsissinta versa, in the columns of the Moniteur! Let it be borne in mind that this speech of M. TRIERS is one characterised by no ordinary boldness. It is, in some sense, a great liberal manifesto. It is, in its whole purport , directly in harmony with that most noble, and, indeed, we would even go so far es to say, most affect ing peroration of ADOLPHE TRIERS' " Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire," the closing words, the crowning thought of that grand historic master piece—worthy at once of the genius of the histo rian, and of the glory of his Hero—where M. TRIERS completes the record of the wondrous career of NAPOLEON THE GREAT with—A Cry for Liberty ! And; he is consistent—not only in echo ing now, with his eloquent lips, that cry from the depths of his soul, inscribed in immortal words by his no less eloquent pen upon the tablets of History —he is consistent in identifying aiways with his full and earnest appreciation of the Child of the R:volia- don, his own persevering advocacy of those liberal principles which iz was the office of true Revolutio❑ to inaugurate, and of which principles NAPOLEON, as the great Revolution's Child and Champion, was, in the very truest sense, the living incarnation. They are no idle words, we may be certain, these words addressed to the French Legislature by M. THIERS on Monday, and published in extenso immediately afterwards—not suppressed as in discreet, but printed verbatim et literatim—in the columns of the lloniteur. Words, thoughts, con victions, the weighty imrort of which are com pressed within the compass of the final sentence of M. TIIIERS' harangue—that last (accordingly as it may be received between the Nation and the EMPEROR) either formidable or auspicious sentence in which M.THIERS said," Let it never be forgotten that France, scarcely awakened, and with whom the exaggeration of desire is so prompt, if she now allows it be asked for in a deferential and respectful manner, may, perhaps, one day exact it." Or, to give the very words in which this burning truth fell from the great orator's tongue :—" Qu'on ne I'oublie pas, toutefois, ce pays a peine eveille, ce pays si bouillant et chez qui l'exageration du desir est si pre3 du revel], s'il permet eujourd'hui qu'on demande pour lui d'une maniere delerente et respectueuse, un jour pent etre it exigera !" The literal truth of which assur ance who is there in the wide world who shall gainsay ? Certainly, for one—not the French EM PER OR ! With his judgment chastened in the school of adversity—with his intelligence, naturally large and keen, enlarged by reflection and rendered more penetrant by experience—with his dynasty to con33lidate, with his throne to strengthen, with his son's interests to cherish and conserve, with every conceivable inducement impelling him to undertake the realisation of the designs he himself has been the first to indicate as lying before him in the Path of his Duty—NAPO LEON 111, can only be in doubt, now, can only be disposed yet to hesitate, as to the time at which, as to the proportions in which, the imperial institu tions of France under his rule shun be widened, deepened, elevated, according t 3 his own projected scheme for their wise and ccnstitn tionally liberal development. Already he him- self has put his hand to the work of this development. Hence, in simplest truth, as a pure matter of fact—an Opposition has been called into existence in the bosom of the Imperial Legis lature ! Hence—all Paris has been enabled to return the popular candidates, by preference to the candidates proposed for its acceptance by Govern ment ! Hence—radiantly conspicuous at the head of that compact bat powerful Opposition, appears the oratorical and statesmanlike genius of M. THIERS, the genius of that indepen dent and patriotic historian who, having raised as it were a Temple of Fame, are perennius, to the glory of NAPOLEON, did so appa rently in order that from the topmast pinnacle of it, he might all the more effectively, in accents that will resound through the hereafter, raise that one dominant cry of his soul, that Cry for Liberty. The news from Now Zealand is important, and on the whole satisfactory, although in one respect it leaves room for regret. The natives have suc ceeded in evacuating their stronghold at Mere- Mere without coming into collision with the troops, and notwithstanding loss of life has been thereby avoided, the advantage of gaining a decided victory over them has been consequently lost. It will be remembered that the Maorees strongly entrenched at a place called Mere-Mere,which was protected in front by the river and in the rear by a labyrinth of swamps and marshes. At this spot General CAME RON had concentrated his forces, resolved by a grand coup to reduce the natives to submission, and an attack was daily expected when the last news left. It seems that the new iron steam gunboat lately arrived from Australia arrived at the Waikato Heads at the close of October, and occupied her appointed position facing Mere-Mere. The Maories endea voured to oppose this prcceeding,and used their guns with so much skill as to give rise to a suspicion that they were directed by Europeans. The iron clad vessel, however,was proof against their salutes, and remained ready for further operations. The gunboats already on the spot commanded the river and a small stream adjoining, so that it was con cluded that the M tories would endeavour to retreat by the land, and accordingly the iroeclad steamer proceeded a few miles up the river to land a de tachment of troops so as to frustrate any such at tempt. Ac attack was immediately made by the natives on this position, but without success, and arrangements were made for a united attack the next day on the entrenchment from which it was supposed that all means of retreat had been com pletely cut off. Native subtlety, however, and an unthought of contingenoy frustrated the General's plans, for before the appointed hour for the assault, Mere-Mere was deserted, without, it is said, the loss of a single man. The condition of the river had not been taken into consideration, its swollen state having converted the swamps into highroads for the native canoes. It is said in one account that they were seen taking their flight in 18 canoes, but could not be followed. It is certainly im• probable that the British forces had any boats of sufficiently light draught to be able to pursue them, while the skill of the natives in such a case would of course be far superior, and would probably have enabled them to baffle their pur suers, had their designs been discovered earlier. It is a further proof of the quickness and handi ness of the Maories, and their readiness in taking advantage of any chance that may arise in their favour. It is certainly a great thing that they should be dislodged from their strongholds, which is new in the hands of our trcops, who have taken possession of three pieces of cannon left there, thus depriving the Maories of one of their most formidable resources. The body of natives who were encamped at Mere-Mere have disap peared from sight, having probably dispersed, but the experience now gained by our men in bush warfare, and the success of the flying columns recently organised, gives no ground for hoping that they will, before long, be forced to lay down their arms. 'the difficulties they must experience in procuring food in the bush, com pared with the arrangements for the supply of our troops, adds another to our chances of speedy success. One very satisfactory par: of the intel ligence brought by this mail is tee unanimous resolution, in official quarters, to prosecute the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1864, war with promptitude and vigour. The War and Peace parties in the House of Representatives have not only agreed but combined a new Ministry uniting the leaders of both sidos. It is at length admitted by all that a strong hand is needed to secure the lives and property of the settlers. Either the settlements must be abandoned, or the Waikatos must be disarmed and dispersed. The necessary severity may and must be matter of regret, but the alternative leaves no choice. It must be remembered, too, that the hostilities are entirely of the Maories' own causing—the only fault of our Government having been of late a too great eager ness to conciliate and concede. There was, un doubtedly, a good deal of mismanagement about the occupation of the land in the Waikato district, more especially with regard to the Tatairamaka block ; but the charge of causeless bloodshed must certainly rest on the heads of the natives, who have followed up their barbarous commencement by committing eighteen murders within the last month of which we have any intelligence. The confiscation of the native land at Waikato and Taranaki has been re solved upon; and, indeed, no other course holds out the smallest promise of peace. The disarmament of the natives is another necessary step, while the proposed military settlements will afford substantial protection to the colonists, and will retain the con fiscated lands with a firm grasp. Roads are to be carried farther into the country, thus depriving the natives of their principal strongholds—the swamps, marshes, and bush lands. It is satisfactory to find that in other districts the Maories, probably owing to the discomfiture of the natives at Waikato, are on friendly terms with the settlers. A resolute settlement of this affair will be of incalculable ad vantage to all the settlements of New Zealand. Half measures now would be most mistaken mercy —they would be cruel alike to colonist and native; denying the former that support and protection which he has a right to claim from his Government, and encouraging the latter to the prosecution of a struggle which, if maintained, must end in their total extermination. The Maories are by nature a very superior race to the generality of aborigines, and the aptitude they have shown in acquiring European tactics prove that they are capable of a high degree of cultivation. If they can be made to lay down their arms and live peaceably with the settlers, it is possible that they may rise in the scale of races; but it is very certein that they must now be reduced to unqualified submission, if we hope to retain a footing in the colony. No sooner do our artillery contrive guns capable of penetrating all existing armour plating than some newly-devised plan for protecting vessels is projected. While Mr.REED is contending that no shot can penetrate his Bellerophon target, which, by the way, has never yet been subjected to the ordeal of a fair trial, namely, such as the Warrior target has undergone, Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG claims for his monster six hundred and ten pounder a complete triumph, inasmuch that with a single shell ae destroyed the aforesaid target at a range of four thousand yards. Yet again last Friday a trial took place at Shoeburyness with the old sixty eights, which proved that after all the money and labour expended on these new guns the old service gun can be as effective against armour plates as any of the new inventions. The only difference made is that instead of a cast-iron spherical projectile being employed a steel one of the same form and weight has been substituted. The result has been that where the cast-iron ball made only a slight indentation the steel shot penetrated the four and a half inch plating and sunk into the teak backing. It was considered, however, by those present that had the charge but been slightly augmented the target would have been broken through, and this, too, with a spherical shot, the worst possible form of projectile for penetrating armour plating. We have no doubt that if flat-headed bolts, so con structed as to carry true to their mark, were sub stituted, the penetration, even with the ordinary sixteen pound charge of powder, would be easy. Let it not, however, be supposed that the substitu tion of steel for iron is any grand discovery of the Lords of the Admiralty or dockyard authorities. Such a proposition may have been made to them a year or so a , 6 0, but of what avail would that have been ? What has awakened the Government of England to the importance of steel shot is the fact that a leading firm in Sheffield, Messrs. JOHN BROWN and Co., Atlas Steel and Iron Works, have been for same time past manufacturing such projectiles for the Russian and other Governments, while Messrs. BLAKELY and Co. are providing the same Governments with guns equal to any yet tried at Shoeburyness or elsewhere. Let us console our selves, however, on the principle of better late than never ; and if the Admiralty have been dilatory in some respects, and shown undue partiality to cer tain parties, to the detriment of the interests of the country, they have been active enough in ex perimenting on iron plated targets, and in the construction of experimental fleets at an enormous cost. We have considerable doubts as to the effi ciency of ironclads for general purposes, but such as they are, England can boast to have sent to sea the finest and largest ironclads yet afloat. What the Americans will do hereafter time will show. The Secretary of their navy stated the other day that the class of vessels which were required to contend with England in a forthcoming war would require to be of such dimensions as would enable them to carry any requisite thickness of armour, large storage for coals, powerful engines, and guns of the heaviest calibre. The expense of such ves sels, however, he observes, would be so heavy, that he could not give the order for the construction even of one without the sanction of Congress. From such statistics, coming from such a quarter, we are led to suppose that the forthcoming navy will to so many ironclad Great Easterns, and we expect that a like ill success awaits them. The late statement regarding the repulse of the monitors in the attack on Charleston shows clearly that this class of ves sels are useless when contending against heavy forts, and we expect that the like re sults would follow an engagement with a heavily armed frigate, the concentration of whose fire would soon place the armadilla hors de combat. Of what avail are turrets, bomb-proof though, they be, if an unlucky shot deprives them of all motive power. The Americans have just launched, after considerable difficulty, their last naval chef d'oluvre, the Dictator. She is 314 feet in length, 50 feet in breadth, and 22k feet deep. H?r armour is 11 inches in thickness, with 3 feet of oak to back it. She is provided with a revolving turret 27 feet diameter, composed of iron 18 inches thick, in which will be placed two 13-inch guns, carrying projectiles weighing 304 pounds. Is this what armour plating is to come to ? True, the leviathan is provided with a formidable beak, to enable her to set as a ram, but even then only two guns for all that armour-plating. costly engines, and heavy working expenses—why each shot that she fires will cost the States some 100,000 dollars, unless she be almost constantly in action. We might almost exclaim with Prince HAL, " Only one halfpenny worth of bread to all that Sack I" Ali the nations of Europe aro now provided with rided cannon, and all the maritime ones are possessed of (or soon will be) guns which will be able pene trato any ordinary armour-plating. It is more than doubtful if the Dictator's eleven-inch plates would withstand the shock of BLAKELY'S 800 pounders, or ARMSTRONG'S 600 pounders. But we have yet to learn whether monster guns or shot-proof sides could resist British seamen when the cry was, "Boarders, away." This experiment has yet to be made, and when that trial comes off, we expect the result will be something more than a burst gun or a shattered target. Let us then pay every attention to the build and speed of our ships, and their ag gressive powers, rather than waste time and money in trying to find out how best to keep oat of dan ger. A fast ship can either force or decline an en gPgement ; a slow one, however strong, cannot run a way from, nor yet can she overtake, her enemy. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 14. It is asserted that Count Rechberg addressed a circular note the day before yesterday to all the German States formally requesting that the Federal Diet shou d strictly observe the limits of it© competency. Should it go beyond these limits in the question of the succession tl the Dachies the two great German powers would be compelled to settle that question themselves. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. NEUMUNSTER, JAN. 13 (Evening). A meeting of 80 clergymen have resolved to for ward an address to the Federal Diet, requesting the recognition of Duke Frederick. It was also resolved to send a deputation from all the parishes to Duke Frederick, on Friday next, to present a reply from the German clergy to his address. KIEL, JAN. 13. Duke Frederick received several persons of dis tinction today, and among them Count Reventlow Farve, who had hitherto held aloof. SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 13. The official Gazette of to.day publishes a Royal ordinance authorising the Spanish financial com mittees abroad to receive proposals for the auctions of the Ist and 2d Interior Passive Debt, and the Foreign Passive Debt. MADRID, SAY. 14. The Po!itica asserts that the English Ambassador has presented a despatch to the Spanish Govern ment, requesting a settlement of the question of the English certificates of the Passive Debt. THE NEW FRENCH LOAN. PARIS, JAN. 14. M. Limayrac in this morning's Constitutionnel d wells upon the reception given in Germany to the proposal of a Conference to settle the Settles wig-Holstein dispute. "This reception is a proof how just were the remarks previously made as to its impossibility." It is reported that England has proposed mediation. M. Limayrac considers this proposal will encounter more objections even than a Conference, especially in Germany. He points out the difficulties in the way of mediation, while hoping they may not be unsurmountable. The decree stating the conditions of the new loan was published this morning. The public subscription will remain open from the 18th to the 25th January. The issue price will be 66.30. Interest will be reckoned from the Ist January. Subscriptions of 6 francs rente will not birstibject to deduction. One-tenth of the amount taken is to be paid at the time of subscription, and the remainder in ten equal instalments on the 21st of each month. A bonus of 4 per cent. will be allowed on all instalments paid in advance. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon has arrived here. She brings 66 passengers, £2,429 in specie, and 126 packages of cargo. Sir Moses Montefiore left Gibraltar on the 6th for Saffi, in her Majesty's frigate Magicienne, which was placed at his disposal. Sir Moses Montefiore proceeds to Saffi for the purpose of seeking an interview with the Sultan of Morocco, to obtain the assurance that the Jewish subjects of the Sultan shall enjoy throughout his dominions Equal rights with Mahometan subjects. Exchange on London at Gibraltar on the Bth inst. was quoted 50k for 90 days' sight; on Paris, 527; on Madrid, 8 days' sight, prem. WHAT ARE THE REDS ABOUT ? At this moment, says the Spectator, the Reds are all as busy as birds before a storm. They see, or think they see, that war is coming in spring, a war out of which Austria cannot keep, a war in which Louis Napoleon must overtly or secretly be on the Mazzinian side. Consequently, all the signs of disturbances to be raised from below are coming is thick and fast. The Venetian Committee, which, alas! has no longer Manin for chief, warns its followers to be ready for action by the middle of March. Garibaldi, with that contempt for true freedom which makes him as dangerous as he is single-minded, has thrown up his seat in Parliament because the representatives of the nation chose to condone—not, mind, to sanction—the severity used in Sicily to enforce the conscription, and in defiance of law has announced his intention of levying war for Rome and Venice. He is apply ing once more for " a million of muskets," and though he will not get a million„he will get the means to purchase thirty thousand weapons rejected from the State armouries, and perhaps ten thousand good rifles from Liege. The Neapolitans will follow him wherever he leads, and either on the Danube, or in front of the Quadrilateral, this single man throws the force of a considerable State on the side of the Revolution, He may be acting with Victor Emmanuel, who is tired of deficits and longs for an opportunity ; but if he were, he would scarcely apply to Victor Hugo for muskets, and acting alone, he is simply :a new and exceed ingly formidable element of disturbance, a perma nent menace to the Parliament, which in its calm patience and fixed resolve so admirably represents Italy. Every hour of foreign domination in the Peninsula is an injury to the world; but it is for the nation and not for an individual to fix the time and the means for snapping the last links of the chain. We all live in an age of electric telegraphs, but the cause which has outlived the Bourbons may well afford to wait a few more months. Kossuth is another element of disturbance. He is no professional agitator, no do we dream of placing him in the same category with Mazzini. He represents a nation still without free institu tions, and has a right, therefore, to point out the hour which he thinks opportune for action. But be has no right whatever to threaten such Hunga rians as may agree with his views with the " penalty inflicted upon traitors," that is, death, nor to announce that his committee " is determined to secure obedience to its orders and the accomplish ment of the measures it must take." Those sen tences point to terror, and terror is as vile an in strument in the hands of the Reds as in those of the Kings. It is also, we have admitted, as successful a one, and Louis Kossuth as he condescends, contrary to his own better nature, tit/ use it, may raise a most formidable re sistance to the Austrian Government. The result of that, as of all Red movements, will we fear be disastrous, for the fear of a Hungarian rising will compel Austria to abandon the attack upon Den. mark; and Hungary—which during a general war might have obtained her own terms— will only be brought once more face to face with with her old antagonists. The preparations once made, it is as easy for the Austrian Government to precipitate the revolt as it was for the Russian, and another chance for Hungary will have been thrown away. Still the Red., as we have said, are far stronger tha❑ ever they were; and in Hungary, as in Italy, if not also in France and Germany, states men, amidst all other complications, have to reckon with th.tt great element of disturbance which, till the nationalities are freed, calls itself very wisely the New Revolution. THE LATE ARCHBISHOP HUGHES. A telegraphic despatch in our yesterday's impres sion announced the death of one of the most remark. able men in the United States—a man distinguished not only for his enthusiastic devotion to his peculiar faith, which he propagated with Hibernian ardour, and with a success denied to his countrymen at home, but also for his eminent political position. Archbishop John Hughes was, in his way, a greater man than President Lincoln. Obviously superior to the President in intellect and judgment, he could command the votes of thousands of Irish and German Catholics in support ot, or in opposi tion to, the successor of Washington. John Hughes, according to the follow ing account of him, as given in the Morn ing Post, was born in Ireland in 1798. At 18 he went to America, and was a student at the seminary of Mount St. Mary, Emmettsburg, Mary land. After being ordained priest be obtained charge of a Catholic community in Phila delphia. In 1834 he first became known by his controversy with Dr. Breckenridge, a Presbyterian. In 1838 Dr. Hughes was appointed bishop of the Catholics in New York, and i n 1853 h e was nominated archbishop. In 1854 he was one of the prelates of his persuasion who accepted the Pope's invitation to a congress in honour of what was called the "Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin," of which new dogma Archbishop Hughes was a stanch adherent. There can be no doubt that, under the energetic guidance of Archbishop Hughes the Catholics have attained almost a troublesome height lof power in New York. His energy has been un flagging, and there can be no question of his per fect sincerity and earnestness, lie has manceuvred Presbyterians out of their chapels, and it is a great discredit to the Church to say that he has been doing his best to get hold even of the old-esta blished churches of the Anglican communion, the " well-endowed rectors" of which may perhaps be not so active in defending the right as their aggres sore. But it would be a great mistake to suppose that Archbishop h Hue ''' es was only an ambitious and suc cessful prelate. He was an ardent politician, a wire puller, a Cabinet maker, President Lincoln sent him on a conciliatory errand to England and France during this present civil war. In France he was re ceived with empressment of course, but the here tical English saw no reason to care for the opinion or advice of a Catholic prelate ex p artibus. During the ri o t s of New York the ar chbishop ad dressed the ri oters in a very inflamm atory speech, derogatory t o hi s position as an official of any com munion. It o ug h t to to noted that the archbishop's voice was no t f or an insane prosecu tion of a war which may never end. Not many months ago, on the consecratio n o f a Catho li c p l ac e of worship, ho " a legitimate said that prayer now wo uld be to stop the e ff us i on of blood----t° pray for mercy for both sides of th e l ine, that God i n His bountiful Provi dence might b r i ng this un AuPPY state of af f airs to a gloriou s conclusion. " IL may be r emembered that the Pope add ressed letter6 q o the archbishops of his Church re s id ent i n New York and New Orleans respectively, ex pressive of his w ish for the cessation of this str ugg l e among Christian brethren. Archbish op H ughes in 1840 was warmly opposed to the syst em of public instruction in America; he insisted that sch oo l s shou ld not be sustained by the public taxes, or t h at a ce rtain share should be p aid to all indi v id ua l ly —the a rchbishop objecting to the reading of S cr i pture in to national schools. He was also auth or of i, Lec tures on the Moral Causes which, h ave produced t he Evil Spirit of the Times," 4 , A Deb a t e b e fore the C om mo n Council of New Yo r k on t h e Schoo l Fund," " A Review of the Lectures of lierivan" (185 3 )1 " The Proprietorship of Church Property" (1854 &C. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 13.—The market continues heavy, and speculators still refrain from anything like operations of consequence. Quotations are at the same time pretty well maintained, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66fr. 75c., and Mobilier at 1,030 fr. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 95 20 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 Credit Mobilier 1022 50 Co. end month 1026 25 Bank Shares 3300 Credit koneier 1235 50 Roman .. 74k Italian Loan 6B 75 Do. end month 59 15 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian. - Austrian ..... - Spanish Threes,.,. orne Pelt . • 491 1 Deferred HALL Orleans Northern rAYS. Cash. Aceount, 992 50 .. c 92 50 950 .. 955 New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 935 .. 942 50 New ditto Siuthern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian - - •• - - 655 - .. 660 - 517 50 .. -- - 478 75 .. 478 75 385 - .. 385 - - - I . 396 25 Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 590 .. 593 75 Ditto to Barcelona MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 2d ; barley, 31s 7d ; oats, 18s 8d ; rye, 29s 7d ; beans, 34s 2d ; and peas, 33s 3d. THE SIR WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 7d ; barley, 32s 4d ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 30s 4d; beans, 34s 6d ; peas, 33s 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 87,369; barley, 77,402 ; oats, 12,359; rye, 75; beans, 3,343; peas, 987 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on offer in our market, to-day, was very moderate. Prime Scots change hands somewhat freely, at lull quotations. Otherwise the beef trade was in a slug gish state, on former terms. We were fairly supplied with most breeds of sheep. Downs and half-breds commanded full prices, with a fair demand, but heavy breeds were a slow sale, at late rates. The top figure was 6s. per 81be. There was only a moderato enquiry for calves, at Monday's cur rency—from 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs. The pork trade was steady, on former terms; b.at milch cows were almost nominal in value. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 5 0 Suckling calves, 14s to 20s 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. a. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 2 5 8 Pale. S' thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 Small porkers ... 4 2 4 6 ; and quarter-old store pigs; Beasts .. . Cows l2O Sheep .. 3,780 Calves lO5 rigs. 340 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. 212 Sheep and lambs 1,230 Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATt AND LEADENHALL.—The eupplies of meat are moderate, and the demand has somewhat improved. ef, from 2s lOd to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s lOd to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 84 to 4$ 8d per bibs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 13.—The supplies of stock were moderate, ano the demand ruled inactive, on rather lower terms. Beet, from 3s 8d to 4s IJd ; mutton, 4s 2d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RomFonn, Jan. 13.—Every kind of stock moved off slowly as follows :--Beaf, from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to Gs 0,1; veal, 4s Od to 48 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s Gcl per Sibs ; suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, -EU to 118 Os each. HAY MARKETS. - - SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND..—Meetow hay, 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, 6J to a 108 per load, A slow sale. WHITECHAPEL .—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4loa Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, 41 Os to £1 lOs per load, SupPIT 41040T02$ Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Yesterday at Portsmouth some firing took place at armour-plates with cast iron, wrought iron, case hardened, and steel shot, from the 95cwt.68 pounder and Armstrong 100 pounder, muzzle loading, smooth bore guns, which was exceedingly interesting, al though the experiments were considerably shortened by the state of the weather, which, settling down into a thick drizzling rain soon after 2 p.m., so limited the range of vision, that any further firing was postponed until this morning, when it will be resumed and concluded, weather permitting. The target ship Monarch has been placed at the practice moorings in Porchester creek in order to test a 52 inch plate sent in by the Mersey Steel Ironworks for the iron frigate Agincourt, and, advantage was therefore taken of the opportunity io test some steel and wrought iron shot at the same time. The plate sent in by the Mersey Company had three cast iron shots fired at it from the 68 pounder with 16lbs. of powder, which produced the usual indents of nearly two inches in the centre of the place struck, and then broke up into a thousand fragments. The plate was found to crack in the immediate vicinity of the blows, owing to its evident hardness, bat the general results of these three shot: were such as are seen on most ordinary testing trials of wrought iron armour plates fired at with cast iron balls. The fourth and fifth shots at the same plate were fired from the Armstrong smoothbore with a charge of 25ibs. of powder, the shots being composed of Bes semer steel, manufactured by the Bolton Steel Works Company, and weighing respectively 1131). and 1141 b. Both these struck on the lower edge of the plate, one 4in. the other sin. on, and cutting through the plate's outer surface broke away its back in large irregular pieces, driving the whole of the fragments into the ship. On inspecting the inside of the ship a large gap was found through the planking, timbers, and deck, and the gun deck covered with a mass of wooden splinters. On examining the hold below fragments of the two shots were found to have gone through the ship's lining and lodged in the timbers on the opposite side. The next shot, of the same description as the last two, was fired from the same gun with a similar charge of powder. This shot struck the plate fairly in the centre, and cut its way through the plate's outer face with a hole 10in. in diameter, clrried away large portions of metal from the plate's back, and drove them into the ship's side, the shot remaining embedded in the mass of broken iron and ship's planking and tim bers, with its outer surface nearly two inches below the plate's outer surface. Inside the ship the tim bers and planking were found to be broken and driven inwards at the deepest part 12in. beyond the plane of the ship's side in a space 4ft. long by 2ft. 3in. wide. The ship's side altogether in this space was nearly destroyed, The succeeding shot was di rected at the same plate from the same gun, and with a similar charge of powder, but the shot was somewhat differently manufactured. It had bee❑ supplied by Messrs. Frith and Co., of Sheffield, and weighed about 11b. more than the Bolton company's shot. It was of steel, but not of the Bessemer manu facture. This shot struck the plate fairly, and buried itself below the plate's outer surface in a hole with a diameter of 10in., opening a semi-circular fissure round the hole which extended right through the plate to its upper edge, and evidently tore away large slabs from the back of the plate, This was the most mischievous looking shot of the whole, and it was a matter of wonder on being first examined from the outside of the ship that it had not gone right through the ship's side: On examining their side of the ship, the bhot was found to have struck in front of a massive wooden knee, and this had evi- dently held up the planking and timbers in their position and prevented the shot entering the interior of the ship. In performing this duty, however, the knee was split up and shattered from top to bottom. Th© last shot fired was from the 95 cwt. smooth bore, the shot being of wrought iron and case har dened, and fired with the usual service charge of powder of 16tb. This shot was sent against a 42in. plate, which it struck:on its lower edge. It broke away about 4in., the piece so broken being semicir cular, and measuring along the arc 33in. This ex tent of mischief done, the shot rebounded from the plate into the water. A short time since and the amount of damage inflicted by this wrought-iron shot would have been thought very serious. Now, however, that the destroying powers of steel shot have been ascertained, casehardened wrought-iron shot can rank but little higher than ordinary cast iron shot. The firing yesterday, and also on a pre vious occasion at Portsmouth, have demonstrated clearly the peculiar feature of the steel shot in cut ting its way in through the outer surface of the plate, and then utterly destroying and ripping cif its back layers of metal, and driving into and through the ship's side the broken fragments of iron. The introduction of spherical steel shot for the de struction of ironclad ships, has, doubtless, given the gun a vast advantage in the long-fought battle of guns and armour plates. Of such advantage is it, indeed, that nothing remains for it but to doub a the thickness of our future ship armour, and even then the contest would not long be in favour of the armour-plate. There is no doubt that even with our present knowledge the Warrior's 4iin. armour plates could be pierced at 1,000 yards by spherical steel shot fired from our 100-pounder smooth-bore gans with their full allowance of powder charge-331bs. yesterday this gun was only fired (at 200 yards certainly) with 251 b. charges. The last plate fired at from this same gun with steel shot was a SL--inch of Mill wall manufacture, and this was pierced through, as was the plate yesterday, by single shots. This Plate has been removed from the target• ship's side, and yesterday the boat's crew, which went to and fro between the gunboat and the target ship, passed into the target ship from their boat through the hole caused by a single shot which had passed first through a sound 5,1 --inch armour plate. The Japanese might possibly teach us how to build a ship of paper which should be non-inflammable, and at the same time allow shot or shell to pass in at one side and out again at the other without throwing off splinters or doing other serious damage. The Lyra, 9 guns, screw sloop, Commander Parr, left Spithead at 7 a,m. yesterday for Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope. The Hector, iron frigate, was commissioned at Portsmouth yesterday by Cept. G. W. Preedy, C.B. The Victoria, three-decker, 1,000 horse power, has been brought down Portsmouth harbour, and taken into the old basin to prepare for commission. The Orones, screw troop ship, Capt. H. W. Hire, at Portsmouth, it has been discovered, possesses a defective fore crank in her new machinery. She is ordered to be supplied with a new one. If detained in port for this, her services will not be available to the Admiralty for some time. It is, however, pro bable that she will be temporarily fitted with a crank from one of the ships lying in the reserve. The Channel squadron, consisting of the Edgar, 71, Capt. Horriby, and bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral J. C. Dacres ; the Warrior, 41, Capt. Cochrane; the Black Prince, 41, Capt. Wainwright; and tha Defence, 16, Capt. Phillimore, arrived at Madeira on the 26th ult., after an excellent passage of seven days from England, principally under sail. The iron ships surprised every one. They rolled only three degrees more than the Edgar, and were'uot in ferior to that vessel in their sailing qualities with their screws lifted—the Edgar, Black Prince, and Warrior keeping time uuthr equal sail, and going frequently at the rate of nine and tin knots an hour. Lord Brovvnlow, Mr. Bayrnan, and Mr. Erskine gave a grand ball to the officers of the squadron on the day after Christmas, and the Portuguese inha bitants gave a similar entertainment on the follow ing night. The squadron arrived at Tenneriffe on the 2d, after a passage of three days., and sailed for Gibraltar on the sth. THE NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT AND PROT' DENT INSTITUTION.—With pleasure we observe that J. B. Buckatone, Esq., the generous lessee of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, has granted the above insti tution three benefit evenings at that theatre, and we trust that the trade and the public will, without delay, secure their tickets (which ara available for either the 19th, 20th, or 21st inst.), and thereby add to the funds of this deserving institution, which is established for pensioning or relieving decayed nowBvenders, their widows, or ser ya4to, .17 . > girsibr, RER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, lAN. 13. The Queen went to Frogmore this morning to take leave of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and left at a quarter past one o'clock for Osborne. Her Majesty travelled by special train on the Great Western Railway to Basingstoke. Departure of the Queen for Osborne. Her Majesty the Queen and their Royal High nesses Princesses Helena and Beatrice visited the Prince and Princess of Wales and their infant son yesterday morning, and lunched at Frogmore House, after which, having previously taken leave of the Princess of Wales, her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and Princesses Helena and Beatrice, drove from Frogmore in a close carriage , followed by the prince's carriage, to the Windsor Station of the Great Western Railway, where a special train, furnished by the London and South- Western Railway (and to which was attached the royal state saloon), was in readiness to convey her Majesty to Gosport, en route for Osborne. On alighting, her Majesty, leaning on the arm of the Prince of Wales, proceeded through the pri vate waiting-room to the platform, where the special. train was drawn up. Before her Majesty entered the state saloon the Prince of Wales bade her fare well and kissed his royal parent most affectionately , and also the princesses, who then entered the train. Her Majesty, who still adheres to her mourning robes, was most respectfully received by a large number of spectators at the station. Her Majesty was attended by Sir C. Phipps, Sie T. M. Biddulph, Lady Churchill, and the Hon. Mr. Robert Bruce. The train left the station at 1.3 0 p.m., amid the respectful salutations of the by standers. The Prince of Wales took his seat in the carriage which had conveyed him to the station, and returned through the town to Frogmore. On his departure from the terminus he was greeted with enthusiastic cheers. The train conveying her Majesty and the princesses, on leaving Windsor, travelled along the narrow gauge rails of the Great Western to Basingstoke junction, to which station it was accompanied by Mr. Kelley, the train itself being drawn as far as this point by a narrow gaug e engine belonging to this company. Here, on it 4 arrival, the care of the royal train was handed over to Mr. Godson and the officials of the South-Weste rn, Railway, by which line the royal passengers pro ceeded to the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, Gosport, where the Queen embarked on board the royal yacht, and proceeded to Cowes, en route Pf Osborne, which was reached about five o'clock in the evening. The Queen is expected to return to Windsor in about 10 days' time, in order to visit the Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales 18 still progressing favourably, and the infant Prince is likewise going on well. Early yesterday mo rn° iog a rumour was current in Windsor that th e Princess had had a relapse, and was not quite s ° well. This, however, was fortunately incorrect, o,g will be seen from the following official bull etin exhibited at Marlborough House : " Frogmore, Jan, 13, 11.30 0- 131 ' " The recovery of her Royal Highness the V III ' CMS of Wales is proceeding uninterruptedly. " The infant Prince is perfectly well. If (Signed) " ARTHUR FARRE, M. The Vislountess St. Vincent has left BroWl3 Hotel, Doter-street. Lord Wodehouse returned to town yesteral'it from Copenhagen, whither his lordship proceeded time sime on a special mission to the Danish Court. 00 THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA i$ going to pry : it is said, on w the st 2 a d y of February. AIR. THACKERAY'S DAUGHTERS have left Lo w ts don, and are no attached friends at the Isle of in g Wig it ht, is elo r se e the residence of the Poet Laureate. They must have fe deeply the wide and unvarying testimony to the goodnel as well as the literary eminence of their father borne on al' sides, till it accumulates into such a mountain of evidence ptoorFteadria, :felt to character as bears down and for ever crushes the carph 4 and malignaat tongues that never spared Thackeray while he lived. It may be safely s a id of him th at no wortthhyatohb-o ject applied to him for help and was r efused; worthy person that ever came to know that did net love hire. The story on which he was engaged when prematurely 016, off was from English history, the scene laid in the tirae Henry V., if we remember aright the author's own accoun' of it. He had long meditated and planned the though ho had only finished a part of it. THE SHAKESPEARE JUBILEE A CENTURY AGO''..„ The festival proper commenced with breakfast at the Town-hall at 9 o'clock, the while a fife and drum band Pl a l e j favourite marches outside; the morning having been usller..o in,according to Boswell,with" a pleasing serenade by the beet oraterb e iy musicians from London, in disguise." At 11, an called "Judith," the words by Bickerstaff and the nansl Dr.Arn e,was performed in the church, and met withuniven:(l applause. Boswell wishes that prayers had been reed aP rely a short sermon preached. The procession from tne clit;our was led by Garrick. An elegant dinner was served t o'clock, "not in the most precise order," says our ccgresrolef h dent. He appears to have been satisfied upon the w hiv et how ever. "The ordinary,with wine (of which I tlr a lrose* and madeira, both good), 10s ficl." After dinner I . 4°r , e eecl venor, who seems to have been the chairman, Pr°rhoionr bumper to the steward, Mr. Garrick (" wiles° t e liae° s exhibited the greatest politeness with the truest "' O f rho and hilarity.") The next toast was to the meo °r ; Y ne v flo e Bard, " to which was subjoined three cheers, et th .- :eoty (Our ° ° , l , rr h e ; of your humble servant, most heartily." dent seems to have distinguished himself here.) Then performers in the orchestra gave catches and gl ees ' onu s", proved to be so inspiring, that the whole audience in chorus; the whole closing with " God sav e tlt) - eaP ael every voice being exerted. At seven o'clock the ° ° t withdrew to prepare for the ball, which open ed , f q f l e f t and closed about three ; " remarkable ch .le "; eliw • the most elegant minuet that I ever saw 19 " CO' sef , , by Mrs. Garrick and Mr. • 3 1 1', OW rick, it may be remembered, had been fort:Oriel/01i brated as Mademoiselle Vieletti, a dancer at t1 10 ,.. 0 per' opera-house in the H a y mar ket. N° wondero% giVa 1 formed her minuet w e ll. A s t o 6 ' Mr. 0 9 61?" ' no information. Could h e have been gr. Bela Once a Week. sa id a SIR GEORGE GREY'S SAGACIP heavy charge against Sir G. city in the administration of his dat.Y tha t in a m ost es te° of our judicial a se ., ,. jot ; portant case ho has suffered the equity, to be needlessly i -mpugeed, It was epee tto him to 11 . ; 00 quired into the value of the certificate 6 Prof fered 131 00 ' P r i e e; .B that p is serna to have declined to act upon the certifica tea of pert:toll II viously committed to an ex petite view. lt w as ! I P : di of to insist, in such a case as this, where a Ple a 7 e ;galarie tried before a regulartribunal was virtualljr rale e 7 lo l l sbe u e , a lunacy commission of the highest charac t er wl2 have held its sittings in public, and in which 0tbi,4%11 y it W' r serest should have been properly represented. eirenrctiel his duty to satisfy the public that the Pen 3l e ti e e rern i° „ was not suspended without public proof of t il. h " at the sus' aberration of mind. We, indeed, knew Well that tha t ' . ;t g : picion which prevails among the poorer alaes Townley has got off because he is a man of e ti c Gr e c rich friends, has no justification in Sir Ge org- 0 0 se m - , personal character. He is an exceedingly feeble os e i c " o retary, but, of course, quite above the o Ni eIeYL P O X justice. Still, it is tolerably certain that ha d -I " ° t . eie w eo a poor man, without wealth and infiumtce vet / I ' o many of these points in his favour nlig' tit don c e l3 ot been raised ; and it is quite certain that ti vetio' should be taken to prevent even the slightest lniP obi Et' favouritism in the case of a man so stronglY b E ' e n , 1; 1 sonal and local influence. Sir George Grey lu % to fiv double care, he has not even taken common c ' ir p;pre ° this impression. The Derbyshire magistrates tboligior popular feeling when they say that bis reprieve )000Jer to show that there is one law for the poor an d s ' 00 0 0 ie the rich. The popular impression is, and w e c orti er tr i , fully share it, that w ulev committed tii ; e ii i e to o t-- o t as clear and sane a state of mind as it is P° 6e ' - ei . t oed t i i ie bute to a very jealous man of rather weak charac_tecti't 0 % 00 the subsequent strain of 4 months' o eil tt o intellect only amounted to such a disturbance otioottn:ivi system as any man in his situation might rtet re epooibled experience. If this impression is false, the for its prevalence lies with Sir George GreY, schcjioccesti°d owed it to the public to ensure a setiaf3et°r3bri V l° of tion, and also to throw the proceeding° of io s ste , ' 4 „ o‘ Commission open to public criticisney .utigweet'oos sheltering himself behind the confessed Pr e i We 61° t oo three local magistrates and two local surge°l3°' r e , Oen , ' 0 V wonder that a third of all the magistrates 0 solo orl tE indignant and demand a public i n quiry wit lye eublie sent at it whose duty it shall be.to representtlie;itieeeoeo, rest. A Home Secretary beset with er.Pa r n ° crim ina l c t° always be a wretched Judge of Aer ati d be d i i ee ir but even arming Home Secretaries it won no 3 0100rb find less discretion, weakor judicial power",tuo Sir nocent instrument of the prisoner's trio 0a Grey.—Spectator. 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